Tajima Yahei Sericulture Farm

This farmhouse used for sericulture was built in 1863 by Yahei Tajima who perfected the modern sericultural technique called Seiryo-iku featuring ventilation. This house has very innovative structure for sericulture, a 2-story house with a tiled roof and raised roof section for ventilation. He publicized it in his important sericulture treatise, ?gYosan-shinron,?h or new theory of sericulture, and the house became a prototype for modern sericulture farmhouses.

Location

Visitor Information

Address : Sakai-Shimamura, City of Isesaki

By train : 22min. by Taxi from Isesaki Stn. or 20min. by Taxi from Honjo Stn.